Table of Contents
WITCHCRAFT MYTHOLOGIES AND PERSECUTIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME AND THE SECOND VOLUME
INTRODUCTION
PART I MYTHOLOGIES
THE CONCEPT OF THE WITCHES’ SABBATH IN THE ALPINE REGION (1430–1440): TEXT AND CONTEXT
ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION WITH CARLO GINZBURG, GUSTAV HENNINGSEN, ÉVA PÓCS, GIOVANNI PIZZA AND GÁBOR KLANICZAY
LEARNED SYSTEMS AND POPULAR NARRATIVES OF VISION AND BEWITCHMENT
LATE MEDIEVAL WITCH MYTHOLOGIES IN THE BALKANS
CHILD WITCHES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WITCHES’ SABBATH: THE SWEDISH BLAKULLA STORY
PART II LEGAL MECHANISMS AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS
RIVER ORDEAL—TRIAL BY WATER—SWIMMING OF WITCHES: PROCEDURES OF ORDEAL IN WITCH TRIALS
HOW TO MAKE A (LEGAL) PACT WITH THE DEVIL? LEGAL CUSTOMS AND LITERACY IN WITCH CONFESSIONS IN EARLY MODERN HUNGARY
HEALING AT THE JAGIELLONIAN COURT
FOLLOWING THE TRACES OF XENOPHOBIA IN MUSCOVITE WITCHCRAFT INVESTIGATION RECORDS
THE TRIAL OF AN HONEST CITIZEN IN NAGYBÁNYA, 1704–1705; A TENTATIVE MICROANALYSIS OF WITCHCRAFT ACCUSATIONS
BOUNDARIES AND TRANSGRESSIONS: WITCHCRAFT AND COMMUNITY CONFLICT IN ESTONIA DURING THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY
PART III WITCHCRAFT AND FOLKLORE
EXTRAORDINARY CHILDREN, WEREWOLVES, AND WITCHES IN PORTUGUESE FOLK TRADITION
REFLECTIONS OF FOLK BELIEF AND LEGENDS AT THE WITCH TRIALS OF ESTONIA1
WITCHES AND PRIESTS IN THE BULGARIAN VILLAGE: PAST AND PRESENT
WITCHCRAFT IN EASTERN SLOVENIA
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
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